Eastern flowering dogwood

Leaves

Autumn colour

• Red

Buds

Form

• Terminal bud present

Flowers

Form

• Dense clusters (cymes)
• Surrounded by sterile bracts
• Floral bracts broad, round-tipped or notched, usually 4, forming a “flower” 

Width

• 5–6 cm

Structure

• Synoecious

Floral timing

• Before the leaves in early spring

Fruits

Form

• Clusters of a few separate fruits

Colour

• Red

Structure

• Drupe

Bark

Form

• Rough, breaking into quadrangular plates

Size

Height

• To 10 m

Diameter

• To 20 cm

Range

Southern Ontario, deciduous forests of eastern North America 

COSEWIC Status

Endangered